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Maris Pacifici (Quod vulgo mar del sur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparis, novissima discriptio [cartographic material] / Abraham Ortelius

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Date:

1612].

Reference:

R11981-301-9-E, Volume number: 560

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3835078

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

Western Provinces

Maris Pacifici (Quod vulgo mar del sur) cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparis, novissima discriptio
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Date(s):

1612].

Place:

[Antwerp:

Place of creation:

Netherlands

Extent:

1 map : ill., hand col. ; 34 x 49 cm on sheet 48 x 59 cm.

Language of material:

Spanish

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This was the first map devoted to the Pacific Ocean published in 1589 and commemorating Ferdinand Magellan's discovery of the Ocean some 70 years earlier. The map includes parts of the East Indies, New Guinea and Japan and extends to the entire Western seaboard of the Americas. Magellan's ship "Victoria" is shown emerging in triumph from the Straits that bear his name, guns firing in celebration.

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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

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General note:

Copper plate engraving.
Cartouche at bottom left of map: Genio et ingenio nobili dn. Nicolao Roccoxio, Patricio Antverpiensi, eiusdemque urbis Senatori / Abrahamus Ortelius, Regiae Mts. geographus lub. merito dedicabit.
On verso text in Spanish: "Mar Pacifico o del Zvr".
Also has ms "6" added to page.
Includes a decorative border and illustrations of various ships.
Plate 6 from: Theatro del mondo / de Abrahamo Ortelio.
Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection # 560.

Custodial history:

Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Citation/reference note:

Phillips, 430., Burden, Entry 74, pp 93-95., Koeman, vol. 3, Entry Ort 25, no.19

Copy/version note:

The microfiche version is NMC 27745.

Date of issue:

Date of issue 1612 based on information in Burden with regards to the last line of spanish text on verso starting with "de Peru".

Related material:

For other version of this map see: Mikan 3835239 (1589) (NMC 27746) ; and Mikan 189493 (1612)
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Pacific Ocean - Maps - Early works to 1800

Pacific Ocean - Maps

Pacific Ocean - Discovery and exploration -Maps - Early works to 1800
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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80101/245 CA
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]
Original can be viewed in the presence of an early cartographic archivist.

Microfiche [R11981] NMC27745

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981]

[Consultation 90 Open]

560 Item no. assigned by LAC 560

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Date modified:: 2024-04-09